SWEDEN’S MINISTER TELLS JOURNALISTS OF HIS CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM

ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR NEW GLOBAL TRADE TALKS ROUND

There was reason for cautious optimism about the possibilities for launching a new round of global trade talks later this year, because it was increasingly clear that developing countries were working for a new round, Leif Pagrotsky, Swedish Minister for Trade and Globalization, told correspondents at a Headquarters this morning.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

The confrontation in Macedonia was not between Macedonians and Albanians, but between the ballot box and taking up arms, the permanent representative of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon. 

PRESS BRIEFING TO LAUNCH ‘UN WORKS’ WEB SITE

A Web site to illustrate how the work of the United Nations positively impacted on people’s lives was launched at Headquarters yesterday by Shashi Tharoor, the Interim Head of the Department of Public Information.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON SMALL ARMS

Members of the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) expressed strong concern this afternoon over links between legal and illegal arms flows as they addressed a Headquarters press conference sponsored by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).  IANSA, a global network of 320 non-governmental organizations and faith-based groups from 70 countries, was formed in 1998.

PRESS BRIEFING BY COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN

Women were not born vulnerable but were made vulnerable by persistent gender-based discrimination and that was why the work of the Commission on the Status of Women was so important, Dubravaka Simonovic, Commission Chair, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this morning.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY KOSOVO SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

“The future for Kosovo Serbs is dependent on their integration into Kosovo society”, Hans Haekkerup, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo and head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, after briefing the Security Council on the situation in that province.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY AFRICAN GROUP OF STATES

PRESS BRIEFING BY SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

FOR ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA

Despite problems that must be resolved, the peace process between Ethiopia and Eritrea would not fall apart, Legwaila Joseph Legwaila, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Ethiopia and Eritrea and Chief of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON UN PEACE OPERATIONS REPORT

PRESS BRIEFING BY UN DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR WOMEN ON MILLENNIUM PEACE PRIZE

The winners of a new award -- the Millennium Peace Prize for Women -- were announced by Noeleen Heyzer, Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), at a press briefing today as part of Headquarters' activities commemorating International Women’s Day.